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This ties back into points one and two, but every recruiting scoop I've read so far lists that game as one where the crowd and the second half performance saved us a lot of face. A lot of the kids we had visit last night, like Branden Smith, Jarvis Jones, and Orson Charles, all gave good reviews of the game even though we lost.
With as much exposure as we had with that ass-whipping, it was nice to know we still made a good impression on (possible) future Dawgs.
5) The 'Bama Fans
I'll be honest, I admired the fact that they traveled so far to watch their team. After the game, I had a couple of really good conversations with 'Bama fans. They aren't bad like LSU fans in the sense that if they win, they won't go TOO out of the way to make you hate life.
'Bama fans are somewhere in between UGA fans (because they like Southern football) and South Carolina fans (because sometimes they are flat-out delusional). Aside from "Beat Down" in the comments section on the last post, most of them just said "Good game. Hope we see you in December." I admire that kind of sportsmanship.
The Bad
1) First Half Gameplan
Ugh. There's not even enough room on this limitless blog to tell you how flat and unprepared we were yesterday. Coverage was blown, gaps weren't filled, tackles were missed, and penalties were created on the defensive side. On the offensive side, we tried to run it up the gut, Stafford was pressured, and penalties were created.
The problem is that when we knew it wasn't working, we tried to do it anyway. We didn't toss sweep, roll the pocket, or anything to try and give our guys some space to work with, and on defense, we stuck with the soft zone even though it was obviously failing. Yeah, we changed the gameplan in the second half, but man, it was WAY too late.
2) Brian Mimbs
I hate to call the kid out because he's usually automatic, but not every single touchdown was the defense's fault. When the opposing team starts from the 50 because your punt netted 10 yards, you have a problem, and it wasn't just one or two poor kicks. They were all bad. Mimbs has got to shake it off and get the boom back.
I did hear on the 5th Quarter Show that they thought the problem was Mimbs was trying to directionally kick the ball because Arenas was so good and our coverage isn't solid, but if Mimbs can't directionally kick, just have him boom it and hope our gunners get there to force a fair catch. I'd rather out-kick my coverage than have a punt only travel 10-20 yards. No-brainer.
3) National Exposure
Well, Dawg fans, you've been clamoring for more love from ESPN and whining about not getting enough love. Well, it filtered all the way to Bristol, CT and the WWL, and it turns out that we totally crapped the bed when they came to town. Now all I see are Dawg fans asking for ESPN to never come back to Athens.
Look, you can't have it both ways. Trust me, we want ESPN there because it's an AMAZING recruiting tool and it's great exposure when we win. There is no "GameDay Curse" or anything like that.
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